Cancer-free Life Expectancy in Small Administrative Areas in Korea and Its Associations with Regional Health Insurance Premiums.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To determine the priorities and resource allocation of community cancer-related health policies, it is necessary to measure cancer-related health indicators and the burden of cancer by region. This study calculated the cancer-free life expectancy at the eup/myeon/dong level (small administrative units in South Korea) for the first time, and analyzed its association with regional health insurance premiums.

Methods

We used aggregate data from the 2008-2017 National Health Information Database provided by the National Health Insurance Service. Cancer-free life expectancy was calculated by applying Sullivan's method to mortality and cancer prevalence by age group and sex for the 10-year period in 3,396 eups/myeons/dongs. Correlation analyses were perform

SUBMITTER: Noh E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8560318 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature